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Chelsea FC has made soccer history by becoming the only club to have both men's and women's teams reach the Champions League final in the same season

May 6, 2021, 15:54 IST
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Chelsea's men's team beat Real Madrid to reach the final.Getty/Darren Walsh
  • Both Chelsea's men's and women's soccer teams have reached the Champions League final this season.
  • That's the first time that male and female teams from one club have reached the final in one season.
  • The Blues' men's team beat Real Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to book a place in the final.
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Chelsea FC has made history by becoming the first club in history to have both its men's and women's teams reach the Champions League final in the same season.

Thomas Tuchel's men's team booked a place in the final with an impressive 2-0 victory over Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, with goals from Timo Werner and Mason Mount sealing a 3-1 aggregate win.

The victory came just days after the Chelsea women's team clinched its own semifinal success. Emma Hayes' side beat Bayern Munich 4-1 on Sunday to overturn a 2-1 deficit from the first-leg.

Two goals for England international Fran Kirby, as well as goals from international stars Ji So-yun and Pernille Harder pushed the Chelsea women's side into the final.

They are only the second English women's team ever to reach the final, and the first in almost 15 years to do so. The Arsenal women's side reached the final of the Champions League in the 2006-2007 season.

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Following the men's team's win over Madrid, Blues legend John Terry took to Instagram to congratulate both sides.

"Congratulations Chelsea FC & Chelsea FC Women," he said. "One more game to go..."

Tuchel's side face Manchester City in an all-English men's final in Istanbul on May 29, while Hayes' side face FC Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden on May 16.

A memorable night at Stamford Bridge

Despite having the advantage of an away goal from the first-leg, Chelsea was still seen as the underdog to progress past Zinedine Zidane's side, which has won four of the last seven Champions League titles.

However, the simplest of headed goals from Timo Werner and two excellent saves from Edouard Mendy in the first half handed the Blues a huge advantage going into the final stretch of the tie.

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Rather than sit back on its lead and defend, the Blues put on a blistering second half display in which it could have humiliated its Spanish opponent had it not been for the heroics of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

After fine stops to deny N'Golo Kante and Kai Havertz, Chelsea eventually found a way through its former shot stopper by way of Mason Mount, who fired home Christian Pulisic's cut back with just five minutes to play.

"Any chance that you don't take and you miss, you know you play on the edge because Real Madrid can hurt you any second out of absolutely nothing, by pure individual quality," Tuchel said after the match.

'"So to hang in there, to continue with positive body language, to hang in there physically and with the mental attitude like today, to stay active, to never stop trying to play for the second goal, never allowing Real Madrid to push us deep and create chances, this is really huge.

"So I am absolutely delighted with this spirit and big credit and big congratulations to the team."

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